THE PROGRAMME

Wednesday May 22nd
The Royal Family arrived in Trondheim and the first guests arrive during the day.
10.30 AM: The bride and groom will meet the Norwegian and international press at the Royal Residence of Stiftsgården.
In the evening: A private party will be given for friends at the Bølgen & Moi restaurant.

Thursday May 23rd
The majority of the guests will be arriving in Trondheim. They will be staying at the Royal Residence, on board the Royal Yacht and in hotels. The Royal Yacht 'Norge' lies at the Turistkaia in the centre of Trondheim.
In the morning: The King and Queen will visit "City of Kings", a photo exhibition at Trondhjems Kunstforening (art gallery). Later they will visit "Havstein Bo- og Servicesenter" (a nursing home) for a guided tour. Later in the day the King will visit Trondheim Krigsseilerforening (the Association for Wartime Merchant Marine Sailors).
The same morning: The bridal couple, the Crown Prince and Crown Princess and other royal guests will visit SINTEF (the Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research at the Norwegian Institute of Technology), and from there walk to Lerkendal football grounds to visit Rosenborg Ballklub, a football club.
3.00 PM: The bridal couple will receive official gifts at the Royal Residence of Stiftsgården.
6.00 PM: The municipality of Trondheim's Variety Concert at Olavshallen.
Followed by: The Government's official reception for Princess Märtha Louise and Ari Behn at the Royal Garden Hotel.
The evening's activities will come to an end with dinner for the royal guests at the Royal Residence of Stiftsgården.

Friday May 24th
In the morning: A trip to Munkholmen for the Royal family and their guests. The Steinvikholm music theatre will perform excerpts from the opera "Olav Engelbrektsson", the wedding gift from the county administration of Sør-Trøndelag.
4.00 PM: The wedding at Nidaros Cathedral. The King will escort the bride to the altar. Father and daughter will ride to the cathedral by horse and carriage. The wedding guests will arrive by motor vehicle.
5.00 PM: The newly married couple will stroll from Nidaros Cathedral to the Royal Residence of Stiftsgården, weather permitting. Should the weather not be so kind, they will return to the Royal Residence of Stiftsgården by motor vehicle.
The bride and groom are being photographed with the King and Queen, witnesses and family.
7.00 PM: Wedding dinner at the Royal residence of Stiftsgården, followed by a ball.
10.00 PM: The wedding-cake will be cut.

Saturday May 25th
The wedding guests leave Trondheim.